LOOKING FORWARD:

An independent, partnership based, civil society, leadership organisation for the city

A powerful legacy vehicle post European Green Capital 2015

Working with over 800 member organisations and a strong group of project partners and specialist networks in food, energy, resources, transport, nature…

An extraordinary opportunity for Bristol as a global leader in city wide collaborative working

A NEW LEADERSHIP CONSORTIUM:

INSPIRING CHANGE

Community Challenge Fund catalysed grass

roots innovation & carbon reduction

projects

Who Feeds Bristol Report commissioned by BGCP & BCC –formed Food Policy Council & Good Food Plan for Bristol

Bristol Green Capital Partnership launching

the Bristol Pound local currency in 2011

Better Bristol Crowdfunding Campaign

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/better-bristol

Better Bristol Crowdfunding Campaign

What is crowdfunding?There are four different types of crowdfunding

Equity

• Sell a % of your established business for money

• Dragon’s Den

Lending

• Borrow money onlinefrom lots of people rather than the bank

• Peer to peer• Minibonds

Rewards

• Only type that helps Start-ups

• People pledge money in return for rewards

• Crowdfunder has raised over £11m for 1,000s of UK projects

Community Shares

• Perfect for community projects that need substantial capital

• Organisations need the correct legal structure

• Become #OwnedByTheCrowd

What is crowdfunding?

How it works . . .

Create your project

on Crowdfunder

Share your idea with

the crowd, they pledge

cash for rewards

Your idea gets

funded!

How it works

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/better-bristol

Delivered 120 hours of coaching to projects

Launch event: 90 attendeesWorkshop 1: 50 attendeesWorkshop 2: 30 attendeesWorkshop 3: 25 attendees

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/better-bristolRaised £174,672 from 28 projects

£89,910 has been pledged by businesses

Leeds Bread Case Study

Benefits to the projectsIt’s so much more than money . . .

Marketing

Validation Funding

Advocates

Benefits

Press

Funding!

Pitching!

Pretty Pictures

• June-September: Research & Development

• October: Funding

• December: Crowdfunder launch

• 2017: Keep Growing (hopefully)

www.lettusgrow.org

Next Steps